RECRIMINATED Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

recriminated

verb

past tense of recriminate

as in informed (against)

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Semafor reported this week that the Federal Reserve has been probing how banks that lend to private-credit firms vet the loans that serve as their collateral, an admission that has spooked investors on Wall Street and around the world.

— Ellen DiMauro, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Sobyanin later reported 68 more drones targeting Moscow were downed during daylight on Tuesday morning.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026

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In a 2020 lawsuit, Dougan alleged he was retaliated against after an investigation was conducted into a complaint of gender discrimination that originated in the Fire Department’s Communications Center.

— Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026
In fact, some Gulf states have even retaliated against the Islamic Republic.

— Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2026

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Day, police said, may have implicated himself and Thomas by accidentally recording themselves while transporting the victim’s body.

— Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2026
That process overlaps with a pathway involved in mood and pleasure, which is implicated in depression.

— Will Stone, NPR, 5 Oct. 2026

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Among the 16 defendants whose charges were announced Monday are two lawful permanent residents prosecuted in the Middle District of Florida.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
The show worked with local police, but many of the criminal cases later ended up being thrown out due to issues of entrapment or jurisdiction, per Fischel; none of the other men arrested in the sting that included Conradt’s suicide were prosecuted.

— Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026

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The Chase Around the World does just that, taking a tried-and-tested, colossally successful format and an additional bit of jeopardy, with firm potential for international sales.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
Films playing at this year’s edition of the Rio Film Festival have tried to grasp the dire effects of the first Bolsonaro administration.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

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